The adaptation of his novel, "The Zone of Interest," was presented in Cannes at the same time. British novelist Martin Amis died Friday at his Florida home at age 73, the New York Times and the Guardian reported Saturday. The author of "Money, Money" (1984) and "London Fields" died of esophageal cancer.
Born in 1949 in Wales, Martin Amis redefined British fiction literature of the 80s and 90s with novels with a dark and biting style. "He was one of the most acclaimed and commented authors of the last 50 years," said the Booker Prize literary prize.
An adaptation of his novel at Cannes
Martin Amis wrote a book on the tragedy of September 11, entitled "The Second Plane", bringing together articles, short stories and essays. The Briton, who has written a dozen novels, was twice nominated for the Booker Prize in 1991 for "The Arrow of Time" and in 2003 for "Yellow Dog". The Times named him in 2008 as one of the fifty greatest British writers since 1945.
His death occurred on the day of the presentation in Cannes of a film inspired by his book "The Zone of Interest" (2014), which bears the same name and was directed by Jonathan Glazer. Set in Auschwitz, the novel tells the story of a Nazi officer who fell in love with the wife of the extermination camp commander. The "area of interest" was the name used by the Nazis to describe the 40-square-kilometer area surrounding the Auschwitz concentration camp.